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Plan for Dion: Sound Policy and Butter Tarts

by Andrew Potter on Sunday, September 21, 2008 1:19pm - 27 Comments

Herewith, the online version of my weekly blackberry roundtable with Scott Reid and our Kady.

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OK Sean, here you go, here’s what we’d get, amidst all the postives I’m inserting a few of the contrasting things we’d get if the other parties reach power:
-a stronger economy, due to
-less taxes
-more competition
-and fewer business subsidies in the form of bailouts
-but increased support for innovation in education and support for entrepreneurs
-no ruinous state interventions into the economy and central planning
-no vast wastes of citizens’ hard-earned money on elitist junkets and bureaucratic boondoggles like the gun registry, the HRC scandal and government corruption, but rather taxation targeted towards the true needs of government and targeted towards measurable results
-targeting environmental problems with the pursuit of real and measurable results rather than hopeless and destructive schemes that will achieve nothing environmentally and bring financial hardship and a lowered standard of living
-stronger Canadian companies and low unemployment for the same reasons
-fewer restrictions on rights and freedoms like the Canadian Wheat Board, the gun registry and the CHRC
-more flexible support for child care and families of all shapes and sizes
-better health care, in which citizens can receive the care they need rather than being forced onto endless waiting lists with no recourse
-a stronger federation through decentralization in areas of provincial jurisdiction
-a better justice system, where criminals cannot re-offend hundreds of times and still be returned to the streets, and the empowerment of citizens to feel that the justice system benefits the victims of crime and not the criminals
-a foreign policy with values and principles and influence, rather than a directionless foreign policy with no clout and no influence anywhere
-an immigration system that works and provides immigrants with the tools they need to succeed
-a reformed senate: a senate the provides benefits to Canadians by improving government rather than dragging it down
-support for family values, hard work, and cooperation, rather than supporting destructive behaviours like hard drug injection and government dependency
-support for human rights and freedoms
-support for a strong military and a presence in the world, promoting democracy and freedoms abroad and assisting countries in need
-leadership in all the areas listed, rather than aimless drifting
-a government that does not believe that higher taxes is the solution to every problem
-a Canada that believes in freedom, justice and courage
Phillip Huggan

I think Conservatives are the only party not ending $1.2B/yr oil accelerated capital subsidy.
Conservatives are the only party running on prohibition boondoggle that costs conservatively $400M/yr and misses $2B/yr tax revenue.
If you kill CWB, kill some farmer subsidies too, as CWB serves consumers, food producers and export market. That’s like saying let doctors have the freedom to set up clinics that over prescribe diagnostic tests like in USA without accounting how it will be more expensive for other value chain players. This process not recognized by the Cgy Business School is called an externality.
Kelowna Accord and legalization are probably the cheapest ways to free up police resources. Here Conservatives are only Party weak on crime.
Military is the least efficient industry ROI. You need it, but just enough. Harper has not spelled out how he will catalyze missions promoting *peace* and assiting countries in need. Love to hear how this is cheaper than just having CIDA give money to WFP or buying grain from CWB to give to WFP.

I want a government that tells boomers they have to leave a prosperous environment for the children they expect to provide palliative care for them. Harper breaks this social pact.